Status of PPP-2.2/PPP-2.3 for NeXTSTEP
This version of PPP for NeXTSTEP is a port of the public domain
PPP-2.2/PPP-2.3 code. The PPP-2.2/PPP-2.3 package and user level daemon are written
and administered by Paul Mackerras <Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au>.
The NeXT specific changes and Loadable Kernel Server (LKS) were
written by Stephen Perkins <perkins@cps.msu.edu>,
Philip Prindeville <philipp@res.enst.fr>,
and Pete French <pete@ohm.york.ac.uk>.
The PPP-2.2 distribution is currently released. The
Loadable Kernel Server version that was released with the PPP-2.2
distribution is version 0.4.5. However, work continued on the PPP
package and 0.4.6 was the last version of the NeXT LKS for PPP-2.2.
Please see Latest Work for more
details.
The PPP-2.3 distribution is currently in
Beta. Please see Latest
Work for more details on the latest version of the Loadable Kernel
Server.
Users of this code need to be aware of several things:
- Users may encounter bugs in the code. These bugs could be minor
or could lead to severe system disruption (system panics). No
guarantees are made as to the fitness of this product for any purpose.
You use it at your own risk. If you need commercial grade support, you
might want to check out either Morningstar's PPP implementation
or DataCore's PPP
implementation.
- Any problems encountered with this software must be
resolved within the NeXT PPP testing community. This means
that bug reports, installation questions, configuration questions, or
any other such corrispondence must go to the NeXT PPP mailing list <nextppp@listproc.thoughtport.com>.
- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES are you to post questions
or problems regarding this port to any USENET news group _before_ you
first contact the mailing list.
Usage of this package indicates your acceptance of these terms.
Last Updated October 18, 1996 by SJP